Track-signal



A. L. CURRIE.

TRACK SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED 'Aus.21, 1920.

1,371,227, Patented Mar- 15, 1921.

ATT'Y5 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TRACK-SIGNAL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Original application filed October 10, 1919, Serial No. 329,814. Divided and this application filed August 21, 1920. Serial No. 405,107.

T 0 all w hom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER LAWRENCE CURRIE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, a resident of the village of Sorel, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track-Signals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements intrack signals of the type described in my United States application No. 329,814, filed Oct. 10, 1919, of which this case is a division, the signal being of the type adapted to be removably supported from the track and attached and used by working gangs or other parties who are temporarily using the track, and the objects of the invention are to provide and simplify the construction of the same, to better adapt the various parts to perform the functions required of them, and it consists essentially of the improved construction hereinafter described in detail in the accompanying specification and drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of an embodiment of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of a rail showing the means for attaching the signal to the fish or angle plate of the rail.

Fig 3 is a sectional detail of a rail joint showing the signal attached to the fish or angle plate thereof.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawing; A represents the rail, B the tie or sleeper for the same, and C the usual fish plate on the joint of the rail, which angle plate in usual practice leaves a space between the surface of the angle and the surface of the web of the rail.

D represents the base member of the signal stand. The supporting member is connected to the base member by means of studs 10 and 11 on the base member adapted to enter slots 13 and 14 on the end of the flag supporting member.

F represents the flag rod on top of the flag supporting member, being connected thereto by means of studs 15 and 16 on the member E adapted to enter slots 17 and 18 in the member F. G represents a flag of any suitable form connected to the member F.

According to the present invention the base member D is centrally connected with a connecting member 23 which is arcuate in shape and provided with inturned ends 24 and 25 designed to be embraced between the angle or fish plate C and the web of the rail A.

By flattening the arcuate member 23 the offset ends 2 1 and 25 may be engaged or disengaged with the fish plate as found necessary. In that form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3 the base member D is composed of two flat strips of sheet metal secured together and having diverging curved ends 26 and 27 which are formed with inturned ends 28 and 29 designed to be embraced between the fish or angle plate C and the web of the rail A.

This gripping member formed by the diverging curved ends 26 and 27 is spring held in engagement with the fish plate C as also is the arcuate member 23 illustrated in Fig. 2.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claim, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the accompanying specification and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

A signal stand comprising a base member having spring engaging members with inturned ends adapted to engage the opposite ends of an angle plate and fit between the said angle plate and the web of a rail.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER LAWRENCE CURRIE.

Witnesses:

S. C. AnoRn'r, M. SYLvns'rnR. 

